News on The Potato Supply Chain

McCain Foods has announced the launch of Presia Ag Insights ("Presia").

After Potatodays in the Netherlands, Agrico Ukraine together with Ukrainian Institute of Potato Research initiated a round table to discuss challenges in seed potato production in Ukraine.

Researchers at UPEI are experimenting on food scraps, wood and UV light to produce hydrogen gas.

By signing the distribution agreement with Fraxen Consult Ltd, Agrico seed potatoes will be exported to small-scale farmers in Tanzania later this year.

Una gran sequía azota a España. Las Islas Baleares son la región menos afectada, en el sur de la España continental la incertidumbre es total.

PhD student Rob Sears engineered the potato plant, also known as a phytosensor, to indicate high radiation levels through changing leaf fluorescence.

Dos grandes granizadas afectan los cultivos de papa en varias regiones de Bolivia.

En Costa Rica representantes del sector agrícola invitan al ministro de Agricultura a retirarse por mala gestión.

Potatoes are the premier vegetable crop in Canada, with CAD 1.5 billion nationwide in potato receipts in 2021. The agricultural significance of potatoes is particularly prominent in provinces like New Brunswick, the home of McCain Foods Limited, the world’s largest potato processor.

Una foto del mercado global de la papa de cara a circunstancias climáticas adversas en el hemisferio norte.

Due to abundant rainfall, a lot of potatoes in North-western Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France) have not yet been harvested. The lifting period was too short to get the potatoes to the stores in good conditions.

A biostimulant brand that made its debut at this year's British Potato impressed show visitors with the results of three recent field trials.

Vietnam has just welcomed a new potato variety HCIP210 developed through a public-private partnership.

PepsiCo recently announced the third year of its global agriculture program, the Positive Agriculture Outcomes (PAO) Accelerator, by backing eight new innovation projects across nine countries.

After several meetings and visits to each other, a powerful collaboration has emerged. The Hybrid True Potato Seeds from Solynta and the plant raising facilities and skills from Agris are turning out to be a golden combination.

World Potato Congress Inc. is pleased to present the Webinar: "Declaration of Dublin and the World Potato Congress, Fostering Potato Partnerships for Food Security"

The Genetically Modified (GM) Potato Project ongoing in Nigeria has concluded its first-year multi-locational confined trial in three locations

Side Delights shares insights on the retailer benefits of incremental potato sales through the holiday shopping season and beyond.